Bruh, all a PhD student could build was something this bad?
If that thing flies with the tiny propeller in the back, he is a genius.
where is even the intake for the fan lmao
It makes sense if he really did want to debate against IS.
"Look, this is what those dumbasses told me to make. I didn't design this. This is their design. I only printed it to show how dumb it was. Fucking idiots."
What a wasted talent. All the things he could of accomplished instead he became a fucking terrorist.
Based on the photo of the drone, he looked like he could have had a brilliant career as a hot glue-drenched "life hack" YouTuber.
Beyond that, I'm less confident.
You mean like damn near everyone in the US military?
Not for a second do I believe that thing would fly.
For crying out loud 3d printed stuff is HEAVY for anything headed into the skies. The control surfaces look absolutely borked, and what the heck is even going on with that tiny ass propeller.
Go invest in some foamcore and some cheap servos. Use 3d printing for stuff like payload delivery systems or creating molds for fiberglass body layups.
Prosecutors said it was clear from encrypted online chats and other digital material that he supported IS, intended to make a “single-use” video-transmitting drone for terrorist purposes, and to travel to Africa via Turkey.
i wonder what encrypted messaging app he was using.
Probably one of the 15 or 20 created by law enforcement.
Like thee headlines in that text
Fr, I felt like I was stuck in a loop while reading the post text
Link to STL? (i kid, i kid)
open source terrorism lmfao
Guess they don't teach spycraft anymore.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
A Birmingham University PhD student has been found guilty of using a 3D printer at home to build a “kamikaze” drone designed to deliver an explosive warhead or chemical weapon for Islamic State (IS) terrorists.
Mechanical engineering graduate Mohamad al-Bared, 27, was found guilty of using a 3D printer to make the drone at his Coventry home while sending weekly updates to IS.
Prosecutors said it was clear from encrypted online chats and other digital material that he supported IS, intended to make a “single-use” video-transmitting drone for terrorist purposes, and to travel to Africa via Turkey.
Heeley also said Bared, who was seen as a “mild-mannered academic” by friends, had filled in an IS application form and set up a UK-registered company to help plans for future foreign travel.
Bared’s barrister, Alistair Webster KC, claimed his client had studied IS-linked material, including video of beheadings, because he wanted to “debate” against the terror group’s views.
DCS Mark Payne, the commander of the West Midlands counter-terrorism unit, said Bared “clearly had a terrorist mindset”.
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